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It is the inevitable and justified right for Americans to settle the lands of the west and anyone who stands in our way should be removed because the are stopping and opposed to our progress.

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The work is hard but we manage. It is much better than starving in China. We can barely afford to pay the foreign tax on our lands. We hope to find the hard gold, which no American is willing to find. We find just enough to survive. Our numbers are dwindling because every time the tax collector comes around some run away.

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Folks, you got three ways to get here, and all of them are fastest and safest with us.
-Take our crowded ship around South America, 18000 miles
-We offer complimentary diseases and guarantee you'll wish you stayed home
-Take our crowded ship to Panama and cross the infested jungle and risk malaria and then get on another ship to California, we offer the same uncomplimentary service as the full trip around South America
-Cross the Great American Wilderness
-You can choose to starve, be killed by animals or Natives, or die of thirst. Your choice!

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This could make a man rich to his wildest dreams, and then some or nothin' at all. There's a whole lot of gold but it ain't easy gettin' it. Every con artist is here and casinos are numerous, they try to steal your money and expenses are outrageous. If your an immigrant, beware, you wont be well liked. The conditions are horrible in camps, crowded beyond belief and its just a giant mud pit. More die every day from fighting one another.

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James Marshall had found a nugget of gold in the American River last year, 1848. A man could make a lifetimes' pay in a second or nothing at all forever. This caused an influx in population and now California can apply for statehood. The ports are crowded and flourishing, the trails littered with broken bits and animal waste.

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June 1849